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A month ago I posted another pic of this fruiting inflorescence.
http://www.treknature.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=184273
In the present pic u can see I used 1000 ASA in order to avoid flash.
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This is one of the most striking aroids of the Mediterranean region. This one was found on the way up to the White Mts in western Crete.
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I posted several pictures of the fruiting head of this aroid. Each is in a different stage.
Hope u like it.
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Eminium spiculatum occurs in scattered populations along Israel. This is the desert subspecies that occurs in the sands of the western Negev Desert.
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Arisarum vulgare is a small tuberous plant. It is common throughout the Mediterranean region in Israel, normally seen in leaves. Peculiarly, only small portion of the plants bloom. The strange inflroescence is also commonly called Aaron's Rod.
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Arisarum vulgare is a low, carpet forming, tuberous plant. It is common in the Mediterranean region.
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Arisarum vulgare is a low, carpet forming, tuberous plant. It is common in the Mediterranean region.
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A common Mediterranean species.
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An autumn blooming arum, native to Italy and the islands west of it.
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This slender arum grows in the heights of Mt Hermon above 1400 m. Most inflorescences are broken for some reason, but few stay intact.
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This species grows in the arid mountains of the Middle East. The inflorescence is narrow and long, here u can see it in fruit. Each berry is a seperate fruit that is dispersed by birds.
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Arum rupicola is a mountainous plant of the Middle East. It has typical narrow inflorescences.
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Arum rupicola is a mountainous plant of the Middle East. It has typical narrow inflorescences.
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Arum sintenisii is a Cypriot endemic.
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Biarum angustatum is a short desert tuberous plant from the arum family. The inflorescence opens in autumn before the leaves appear. Here you can see the fruits appearing just above ground in late spring.
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Biarum angustatum is an autumnal flower. It is scarce in the lower parts of Israel and has a typical narrow spathe.
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Biarum auraniticum is a narrow endemic of the Golan Heights. I was lucky to find the last one blooming this year.
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A rare narrow endemic of the Golan Heights, its nice to look at the picutre now, but the inflorescence was really stinky in life.
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Biarum auraniticum is a narrow endemic plant of the Golan Heights. It is one of the only yellow biarums.
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Biarum auraniticum is a narrow endemic plant of the Golan Heights. It is one of the only yellow biarums.
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Biarum bovei is an A Lebanese autumnal species, reaching its southern border in N Israel.
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Biarum ditschianum is a strange Turkish bulb. It blooms impredictably in early summer or autumn.
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Biarum ditschianum is a peculiar Turkish species, unlike most Biarum species that bloom in autumn, this species blooms in early summer or other times.
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Biarum ditschianum is a peculiar Turkish species, unlike most Biarum species that bloom in autumn, this species blooms in early summer or other times.